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Global News Archive for May 2006:
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Colombian Court Blocks Disarmament Plan Provisions
Reacting to the ruling, paramilitary leaders raised the specter that they might stop cooperating with the disarmament plan...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
A Senior Taliban Figure May Have Been Captured
Mullah Dadullah is known as one of the most important and brutal Taliban commanders...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Darfur Effort Said to Face Collapse
The chief aid coordinator said today that the international effort could collapse in weeks...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
U.N. Panel Backs Closing Guantánamo
The panel's report came on the same day as American military officers detailed a melee at the detention center...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Maloney warning to boxer Harrison
The manager of boxer Scott Harrison is flying to Glasgow for talks over his drink problems...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
New phase in Pakistan quake aid
A 12-month UN plan to help rebuild communities in Pakistan devastated by last year's earthquake is launched...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
R.League: Salford 16-4 Wigan
Wigan's miserable season continues as they are dumped out of the Challenge Cup in the fifth round by Salford...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
F1: Deal secures future
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone signs an agreement with rebel carmakers ending the threat of a breakaway series in 2008...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Man Utd owner has second stroke
Man Utd owner Malcolm Glazer is re-admitted to hospital after suffering a second stroke...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
'Torture threat' to cleric Qatada
Radical preacher Abu Qatada, accused of being a key al-Qaeda figure, could face torture if deported to Jordan, an immigration hearing hears...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Iraq 'finalises unity government'
Iraq's PM-designate Nouri Maliki says the cabinet has been finalised except for two key posts...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Home Office migrants row deepens
The Home Office faces claims that five illegal immigrants had cleaned immigration service offices for years...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Minister intervenes over Meadow
The Attorney General asks to join in a challenge to a judge's ruling arising out of the paediatrician's case...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Boy hunted in Kiyan murder probe
Police investigating the murder of a schoolboy are continuing the hunt for a boy seen fleeing the scene...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Egypt, Defying West, Jails Hundreds at Rally
Egypt beat and arrested hundreds of demonstrators supporting judges' demands for independence...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Vatican Punishes a Leader After Abuse Charges
The Vatican asked the founder of one of the fastest growing Catholic communities to give up his public ministry after sexual abuse charges...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Big Brother gets record ratings
Big Brother 7 attracts its biggest opening night audience, according to overnight figures...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Fees-probe schools to pay out £3m
Fifty independent schools investigated for fee-fixing agree to out an average of £60,000 each...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
'Hobbit' stirs scientific clash
A US-British team challenges the idea that the tiny skeleton dubbed the "Hobbit" is a human new to science...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Illegal workers prompt new probe
The company which supplied five illegal Nigerian workers detained after turning up for work at Home Office buildings launches a probe...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Parades move 'disappoints' Hain
Peter Hain takes legal advice as his appointment of Orangemen to a parades body is ruled unlawful...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Police accused of 'tricking' men
A judge accuses Grampian Police of trapping men to gather evidence against them after an armed robbery...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Family unhappy after ride inquest
The family of a teenager who died in a fall from a rollercoaster are unhappy that no unlawful killing verdict was considered at her inquest...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Pakistan denies helping Taleban
Pakistan rejects accusations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that it is encouraging Taleban militancy...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Stamp murder pair jailed for life
Two teenagers are told they will serve at least 22 years in jail for murdering a stranger...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
President orders Hamas cash probe
The Palestinian leader orders an investigation after border guards catch a Hamas official taking 600,000 euros to Gaza...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Prodi team gets Senate approval
Italy's new PM Romano Prodi wins a key confidence vote in the Senate after announcing his government team...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
UN gives Senegal Habre deadline
A UN panel gives Senegal 90 days to put former Chad leader Hissene Habre on trial or send him to Belgium for trial...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Willis hopeful over new Die Hard
Production of a fourth Die Hard film is close to getting under way, Bruce Willis announces in Cannes...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Henry to stay a Gunner until 2010
Thierry Henry ends months of speculation about his future by signing a new four-year deal with Arsenal...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Football: Mowbray rejects Ipswich
Hibernian manager Tony Mowbray rules himself out of a move to Ipswich Town...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Top Taleban leader 'arrested'
Mullah Dadullah, the Taleban's leading military commander, is captured in Afghanistan, officials tell the BBC...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
'Exorbitant' rail fares attacked
A cross-party committee of MPs delivers a scathing report criticising train operators and government...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Guantanamo guards attacked
Guantanamo Bay inmates clash with guards trying to prevent a prisoner's suicide, the US military reveals...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Life term for rapist prison guard
A prison officer convicted of a series of rapes, kidnaps and indecent assaults in West Yorkshire is jailed for life...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Microsoft reveals Vista checklist
Microsoft has unveiled hardware specifications for Vista - the next version of Windows...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Pharmacists to sell migraine drug
A migraine drug is to be made available over-the-counter in the UK for the first time, regulators say...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Head teachers 'no longer needed'
Schools will not need their own heads in future, with one person running several at once, a report suggests...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Parade body appointments unlawful
The High Court overturns the NI secretary's decision to appoint two Orangemen to the Parades Commission...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Row over legal fees intensifies
Solicitors consider taking the Scottish Executive to court in a row over how much they are paid in serious criminal cases...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Hain backs police funding worries
The Welsh secretary agrees with Wales' chief constables that the home office should meet police change costs...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
British Gas loses more customers
British Gas has lost 350,000 customers since the start of the year, its parent company Centrica admits...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Turkey's ex-PM Ecevit has stroke
Veteran Turkish politician Bulent Ecevit suffers a stroke after attending the funeral of a murdered judge...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Hamas official seized with $800k
Palestinian border guards briefly detain a Hamas official accused of trying to smuggle $800k into the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Top Taleban commander 'arrested'
Mullah Dadullah, one of the leading figures in the Taleban, is arrested by foreign troops in Afghanistan, the BBC is told...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Work on 'biggest hospital' starts
Nearly 200 builders start work on the £1.2bn redevelopment of two London hospitals...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Football: Drogba 'wants out'
Didier Drogba says he has had enough of English football and wants to move to Europe...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Zimbabwe faction leader arrested
Nationwide strikes are being considered by trade unions in Zimbabwe, where inflation is more than 1,000%...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Rows as Sao Paulo killings go on
There are further gang-related deaths in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, but officials deny the police are out of control...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Deep-sea fish stocks 'plundered'
Tuna and other deep-sea fish are on the verge of extinction because of failing fishing regulation, a report says...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Arsenal set to confirm Henry deal
Arsenal are expected to announce at 1400 BST that Thierry Henry has signed a new four-year deal to stay at the club...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Football: Davies in Charlton talks
Preston give Charlton permission to speak to manager Billy Davies...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
No drought order for water firm
One of the UK's biggest water suppliers announces it will not be imposing a drought order on almost four million homes...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Jowell home on sale for £950,000
The home Tessa Jowell shared with estranged husband David Mills goes on the market for £950,000...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Prison guard was serial sex fiend
A prison officer convicted of a series of rapes also pleads guilty to kidnapping girls in West Yorkshire...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
BA profits up on ticket increases
British Airways reports higher annual profits after the airline filled planes with passengers on more expensive tickets...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
US 'must close Guantanamo'
The US should shut any secret prisons abroad and its camp at Guantanamo, the UN committee on torture says...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Club's tribute to murdered player
A football club pays tribute to a 15-year-old player who was stabbed to death outside his school...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Italy Calls Iraq War 'Grave Error'
In an inaugural announcement of his priorities, Romano Prodi, the new prime minister, adopted a much more skeptical stance on the war in Iraq...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Afghanistan Bomb Kills American and Wounds 2
The bombing in western Afghanistan, and heavy fighting in two southern provinces, occurred amid increasing reports of many militants moving around rural areas...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Israel Will Buy Supplies for Gaza Hospitals, Premier Says
In an hourlong interview, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was eager to short-circuit criticism of restrictions on the Palestinians...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
As Death Stalks Iraq, Middle-Class Exodus Begins
Increasing portions of the middle class seem to be doing everything they can to leave Iraq...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Violent Rebel Rift Adds Layer to Darfur's Misery
Two of the main rebel factions fighting the Sudanese government have turned on each other in a grisly battle...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Iran's Secrecy Widens Gap in Nuclear Intelligence
Limits on inspections have restricted the world's ability to answer questions about Iran's nuclear ambitions...
New York Times - May 19, 2006
Men jailed for Spanish holiday home murders
Two Venezuelan men are sentenced to more than 50 years each for killing a couple house hunting in Spain...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
'Super hospital' failure slammed
A project to build a "super hospital", scrapped at a cost of £15m, is strongly criticised by a spending watchdog...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Police paperwork being cut down
The method by which police forces measure their performance is being changed to cut out red tape...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Doubts over Iran nuclear capacity
Iran's nuclear programme may not be as advanced as it has claimed, Western diplomatic sources tell the BBC...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Bush promotes immigration reforms
US President George W Bush visits the Mexican border to promote controversial immigration reforms...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Suharto 'gravely ill' in hospital
Former Indonesian leader Suharto is in a "serious condition", President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Police discover sex slave cult
A sex slavery cult based on a 1960s science fiction novel is uncovered by police in Darlington...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Football: Henry to sign contract
Thierry Henry has decided to sign a new contract at Arsenal, according to newspaper reports...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Rival Gaza forces exchange fire
Two policemen are hurt in a gun battle in Gaza, as tensions between rival Palestinian forces boil over...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
Inmates get £4m in compensation
Compensation payments made to prisoners have almost doubled in the past year to more than £4m...
BBC News - May 19, 2006
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